Sendai class cruiser
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| General characteristics (World War II) | |
| Displacement: | 5,200 (standard) 7,100 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 534.9 feet ((163 m) |
| Beam: | 48.5 feet (14.8 m) |
| Mean draft: | 16.1 feet (4.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | 90,000 shp |
| Speed: | 35 knots(65 km/h) |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 460 |
| Armament: | 7 × 5.5-inch (140mm) guns (7 × 1) up to 44 × 25mm AA guns 6 × 13mm AA guns 8 × 610mm torpedo tubes (4 × 2) |
| Protection: | decks: 1.97"(50mm) sides: 2.36"(60mm) |
| Aircraft: | 1 seaplane), 1 catapult |
The Sendai (川内?) were a class of light cruisers operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. Named after rivers, they participated in numerous actions during the Pacific War and were used mainly used as destroyer flotilla leaders.
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[edit] Design
The Sendai class light cruisers were a development of the Nagara class. Their boilers were better located and they had four funnels instead of three. Each ship was designed with a flying-off platform and hangar, but did not actually carry aircraft until a catapult system was installed in 1929.
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[edit] Ships in class
Three Sendai class light cruisers were constructed in Japan during the 1920s, four Sendai vessels were laid down, but the last, the Kako was scrapped on the slipway in accordance to the regulations of the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty. All three were sunk during World War II.
[edit] Sendai
Completed on 29 April 1924, Sendai was sunk during the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay on 2 November 1943.
[edit] Jintsu
Completed on 31 July 1925, Jintsu was sunk during the Battle of Kolombangara on 13 July 1943.
[edit] Naka
Completed in 1925, Naka was sunk by aircraft from the carriers Bunker Hill and Cowpens during the raid on the Japanese naval base at Truk atoll (Chuuk) in the Pacific on February 17, 1944.
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